Avenza – Massa Carrara, March 18th, 2023. After the official visit of the Delegation of Tuscany, that took place on October 18th and 19th, 2022, on March 18th the Delegation hosted the Magnificent Rector of La Sapienza University in Goma, Professor Innocenzo Nyirindekwe, who was in Tuscany for institutional meetings. In collaboration with the school Zaccagni-Galilei, that kindly hosted us in one of its rooms, the Delegation organized a conference, with the title Studiare in tempo di guerra, helded by the Magnificent Rector Professor Innocenzo himself. At the end of the conference Father Modestus Ben Subwanone, Vice priest in Massa Carrara-Pontremoli diocese, explained the educational activity that he carried out in Goma the previous year with more than 3,000 young people.
Some Knights of the Delegation of Massa Carrara and Versilia participated in the conference, together with the Delegate of Tuscany Ranieri Gastone Adorni Braccesi. In addition to some students of the school also the school principal Professor Silvia Arrighi, the Professor Marta Castagna of the Inspection Corps of the Tuscany School Office (former I.I.S. Headmaster), the Vicar General of the diocese of Massa Carrara Father Marino Navalesi, the Director of the Missionary Office Gianni Lazzarotti, the Director of the Diocesan Communications Office Father Alessandro Biancalani and the Parish Priest of the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Quercioli, Father Mario Amadi, participated in the conference. To follow, in the Church of Mary Most Holy Mediatrix, two speakers celebrated the Holy Mass in honour of the victims of the Democratic Republic of Congo and for peace in that area. The event finished with a joyful lunch.
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